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Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered airplane that uses no fuel, is making a nearly 22,000-mile, around-the-world voyage. The journey began March 9, 2015, in Abu Dhabi and is scheduled to end there ...

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane, flies over the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi during preparations for next month's round-the-world flight on Feb. 26, 2015.

The Solar Impulse has about the same wingspan as a 747 airplane, and its wings are covered in nearly 12,000 solar cells. That's about 200 square meters of solar cells. Solar Impulse ...

But the plane will also have to cross the Atlantic and Pacific, which will take an estimated five days, given that Solar Impulse 2's maximum speed is only 140 km/hour (about 85 mph), and it will ...

After 16 months and a 17-leg journey, a solar-powered plane finally completed its around-the-world flight attempt Monday evening when it touched down in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

thing people dont realize is the plane itself, while in flight, is an energy storage device. gain altitude to store potential energy. you can turn that into kinetic energy simply by dropping the ...

An experimental solar-powered plane whose makers hope to one day circle the globe using only energy collected from the sun took off for its first 24-hour test flight Wednesday.

PAYERNE, Switzerland — The Swiss-made airplane built for the first round-the-world solar flight has wings longer than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet’s wings yet weighs only about as much as ...